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Argentina have picked up several individual awards after winning their 16th Copa America. The 2022 FIFA World Cup champions had reached back-to-back Copa America finals, but lost Lionel Messi due to injury early in the second half. The game was tied goalless after 90 minutes, but Lautaro Martinez scored the winner...

Bradley Carnell's St Louis City showed their grit in the MLS on Saturday evening, as they fought to hold Lionel Messi's Inter Miami in a thrilling 3-3 draw. The former Kaizer Chiefs full-back, who also had a spell as assistant coach at Orlando Pirates, is in his second season with...

Sharing a pitch with record breaking Ballon D’or winner Lionel Messi was one of the things that Olwethu Makhanya was looking forward to when he moved to the MLS to join Philadelphia Union. Makhanya told IDiski Times then about how he has always admired the Argentine growing up. In the...

Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune has drawn comparisons to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo when asked what he still wants to achieve as a player. Khune, 36, was suspended by his club in early December after allegedly arriving to training under the influence of alcohol. But he has been voted in...

Mamelodi Sundowns striker Peter Shalulile has ended 2023 among the world's top goal scorers, sitting above the likes of Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski. Shalulile, 30, finished the 2022/23 DStv Premiership campaign as joint-top goalscorer along with Khanyisa Myo, with both netting 12 times. Six of Shalulile's goals came in 2023,...

Lionel Messi has won the 2023 Ballon d'Or, beating Erling Haaland to the trophy and lifting his record-extending eighth Golden Ball. The Argentine's biggest triumph came at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, helping Argentina to lift the title and being named Player of the Tournament, while also scoring seven goals. It...

FIFA have announced the 12 final nominees for The Best FIFA Men’s Player of 2023, as well as The Best FIFA Women’s Player and four more categories.  The 12 contenders of the men’s award and 16 nominees women’s accolade have been chosen based on their achievements from 19 December 2022...

France Football have announced the nominees for the 2023 Ballon d'Or awards. Karim Benzema is the defending Ballon d'Or holder but not really spoken about the favourites to lift this year's award. Meanwhile, all roads seem to lead between a battle between Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi, who both had incredible...

Olwethu Makhanya says it’s unbelievable that he will be playing in the same league as the global icon Lionel Messi. Makhanya, 19, completed a three-year move to Philadelphia Union in the Major League Soccer (MLS) recently, the same league Messi’s Inter Miami competes in. The six time Ballon D’or winner...

FC Barcelona have a released a statement on Lionel Messi after the Argentina superstar announced he would join Inter Miami. Messi, 35, confirmed on Wednesday in an exclusive interview Mundo Deportivo and SPORT that he opted to join Inter Miami instead of a return to FC Barcelona.  “I wanted to come...